Great Antiques Bottles Info on Collectors Weekly

Collector's Weekly, the informative reference and ebay listings-tracker site has a super BOTTLES section, with articles and resource links, and best of all, it's a one-stop place to see the MOST WATCHED bottles on ebay, so you don't miss any. They also give you the recent CLOSED prices. All on one page, w/thumbnail pix, and links to the items. It will save you hours of ebay surfing. And it's FREE! Here's the link CW BOTTLES Overview . It's a great site. Be sure to bookmark it, and check out all of their bottle collecting categories - milks, jars, bitters, and so many more.

Hip Flasks for Bottle Collectors

I picked up this great little display jar at a bottle show, embossed simply with THE APOLLO. I was pretty sure it was a candy jar, but researching it was a little bit of a project, as ''The Apollo'' brings up a lot of hits for ''Show Time At the Apollo'', and of course there's the Apollo Space Program. And I didn't know it was actually ''The Apollo Chocolates'' made by the FH Roberts Candy Co.

But eventually I fell down the right rabbit hole, and found some info about FH Roberts, the company and the man, as well as lots of The Apollo Chocolates collectibles - boxes, jars, tins, signs, and advertising. My ''collection'' consists of the above jar, a screw-top jar, and a bonbon spoon (details below). Let's just say the rest of the items below are from my ''virtual collection''.

FH Roberts was involved in many candy companies. He started selling his Apollo Chocolates in 1903, and sold the business after WWI, but it continued on in the same name. Fred H. Roberts passed away in 1920.